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She dedicated the award to her father, her grandmother and her late mother. On her history-making achievement, she remarked that it is \"pretty mind blowing.\"

\"It feels incredible,\" she said backstage. \"I think there's also this other feeling that you want there to be more. I hope this is just the beginning.\"

The actress' win comes after Sandra Oh's historic year at the 2019 Golden Globes. Oh became the first Asian actress to host the annual award show and won Best Actress for her performance in BBC America’s \"Killing Eve.\"

Awkwafina previously told \"Good Morning America\" that she wanted to get involved in \"The Farewell,\" a drama about a family saying goodbye to their sick grandmother, after being impressed by the script.

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\"I'd never read anything like it,\" she said in an interview with “GMA\" in July 2019. \"It was shortly after I did 'Oceans 8' and I was kind of wondering what was next. I was raised by my grandma, and I also know what it's like to go back to Asia and to feel lost there as well -- it meant a lot to me.\"

She also shared that she hopes the emotional film will \"move people and cause people to think about their own lives, their own families and the love in their own families.\"

\"It's been an incredible ride,\" she added.

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